Matt Cassel put the Chiefs on his shoulders on Sunday against San Francisco.The Kansas City Chiefs are playing with an unmatched energy in the AFC West. That’s a big reason why this young team is one of three 3-0 teams in the NFL. They have a two-game lead in the division as they head to their bye week.

You can go any number of directions on why the Chiefs are energized, but this week we’re going to the center of attention -- quarterback Matt Cassel.

Sunday, in a 31-10 win over San Francisco, the embattled quarterback may have energized his Kansas City career. After being criticized for not playing very well in the first two games despite the Chiefs’ hot start, Cassel was a big reason why Kansas City routed San Francisco, showing he can help his team win.

Cassel threw for three touchdowns and completed 16 of 27 passes for 250 yards. The highlight of the day was a 45-yard touchdown pass to receiver Dwayne Bowe on a trick play. The Chiefs are flying high and their quarterback has proved he can be a part of the show.

WTF. Way to write an article based on the stat line. :shake:

And this has to be the lamest excuse for a weekly award I've seen.:facepalm:

Shogun

09-28-2010, 06:14 PM

Cassel = Elway

Did you forget?

Duck Dog

09-28-2010, 06:16 PM

Cassel didn't have a good game?

Ralphy Boy

09-28-2010, 06:17 PM

And this has to be the lamest excuse for a weekly award I've seen.:facepalm:

Pioli made it up.

stevieray

09-28-2010, 06:17 PM

:popcorn:

Pasta Giant Meatball

09-28-2010, 06:19 PM

It just pains people to see the guy get even an ounce of credit ROFL

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 06:22 PM

Cassel didn't have a good game?

It just pains people to see the guy get even an ounce of credit ROFL

Yes he had a good game. But you really think he deserves an award over many other Chiefs? Even one as ridiculously unnecessary as this one?

Pasta Giant Meatball

09-28-2010, 06:25 PM

Yes he had a good game. But you really think he deserves an award over many other Chiefs? Even one as ridiculously unnecessary as this one?

I had never even heard of this award until now, but if they thought he was deserving so be it.

RealSNR

09-28-2010, 06:30 PM

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0927/nfl_u_mattcts_300.jpg

Gay.

Even gayer is the fact that on the website, they have a link next to this picture that says +enlarge

Buck

09-28-2010, 06:32 PM

New nickname: Matty Fucking Ballgame!

cdcox

09-28-2010, 06:34 PM

I piss in Bill Williamson's coffee.

'Hamas' Jenkins

09-28-2010, 06:37 PM

So it was prophesied, so it begins.

If we win 9 games the groundswell of support for Cassel as the QBOTF will be like the Indonesian tsunami.

Fish

09-28-2010, 06:38 PM

Caaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww?

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3122/caaaaaaaw.gif

Deberg_1990

09-28-2010, 06:44 PM

Hes the whaaat? Hepatitis A player of the week?

DeezNutz

09-28-2010, 06:48 PM

So it was prophesied, so it begins.

If we win 9 games the groundswell of support for Cassel as the QBOTF will be like the Indonesian tsunami.

5 more wins and the guy doesn't deserve at least one more year?!? What did you expect? A SB in year 2?

Flachief58

09-28-2010, 06:50 PM

Cassel had a good game as did nearly everyone else on the team. The dismanteling of the 9ers was a complete team effort wich is what any good team must do to be sucessful week in and out. A meaningless award that noone has heard of is nice, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter as long as everyone on the team is doing what they have to do to keep winning.

I love the fact that the players on this team aren't hanging their hats on the past, but are looking forward to the next task at hand. Let's keep it going in Indi! Go Chiefs!

KC Tattoo

09-28-2010, 06:50 PM

Wat ever:rolleyes: The play MCluster flew into the endzone now that was high energy to extreme there.

Brandon Flowers brought "IT" on every play!

Hali Sacks

Jones & Charles both ran over 90yds

That's just a few that deserve more praize than Cassel.

LaChapelle

09-28-2010, 06:52 PM

I hope this gives him more confidence and makes him more decisive
this team is only as good as it's weakest link

dirk digler

09-28-2010, 07:02 PM

I am not a Cassel fan but I do hope he continues to improve which only means good news for the team.

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 07:03 PM

So it was prophesied, so it begins.

If we win 9 games the groundswell of support for Cassel as the QBOTF will be like the Indonesian tsunami.

This is my worry. If we go undefeated and win the SB I still want the Chiefs to draft a QB.

dirk digler

09-28-2010, 07:06 PM

This is my worry. If we go undefeated and win the SB I still want the Chiefs to draft a QB.

LMAO

:spock:

LaChapelle

09-28-2010, 07:13 PM

The trouble with Castle not getting his bonus and getting cut
who the fuck do they replace him with
Not a rookie and what the fuck vet is going to be available

Marcellus

09-28-2010, 07:14 PM

I am not a Cassel fan but I do hope he continues to improve which only means good news for the team.

I have said this over and over and over but.....the worst thing that can happen is decent play and success because that means waiting even longer for a true great QB.

I truly want Cassel to succeed so we don't have to start over at QB. The best thing that could happen, but I still haven't seen enough to think that can happen. Not yet.

This isnt Carl and Marty era anymore....I trust Pioli and Haley will know what to do if Cassel isnt playing up to his contract.

cdcox

09-28-2010, 07:21 PM

This is the only scenario I don't agree with.

If the Chiefs went undefeated but had a weakness at left guard would you want to draft a new left guard? Isn't the idea to continually improve the team regardless of how good they are?

Marcellus

09-28-2010, 07:24 PM

If the Chiefs went undefeated but had a weakness at left guard would you want to draft a new left guard? Isn't the idea to continually improve the team regardless of how good they are?

If we went undefeated and won the Sb and they drafted a punter in the first round I would just throw in my SI DVD and wear my hat and socks and underwear declaring us the best team ever since the 73 Dolphins and curl up into the fetal position and laugh.

DeezNutz

09-28-2010, 07:25 PM

This isnt Carl and Marty era anymore....I trust Pioli and Haley will know what to do if Cassel isnt playing up to his contract.

Of course. Restructure and extend that motherfucker.

Marcellus

09-28-2010, 07:25 PM

Un-****ing-believable. :shake:

Don't take the only part of that post you don't like and run with it. I said I want him to succeed. It is the best case scenario and I want KC to succeed.

cdcox

09-28-2010, 07:28 PM

This isnt Carl and Marty era anymore....I trust Pioli and Haley will know what to do if Cassel isnt playing up to his contract.

This is actually what I am starting to put my trust in. If Cassel is holding the team back, which I think will become increasingly apparent as time goes on, surely they'll make the needful move.

tonyetony

09-28-2010, 07:28 PM

This is my worry. If we go undefeated and win the SB I still want the Chiefs to draft a QB.

My sarcasm meter must be broke.ROFL

BigRock

09-28-2010, 07:29 PM

ATTA BOY, MATT

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/5645/highenergy.jpg

ChiefsCountry

09-28-2010, 07:39 PM

So it was prophesied, so it begins.

If we win 9 games the groundswell of support for Cassel as the QBOTF will be like the Indonesian tsunami.

Don't take the only part of that post you don't like and run with it. I said I want him to succeed. It is the best case scenario and I want KC to succeed.
Sorry, I must have missed that part in the handbook for quoting moronic statements.

I'll give it another shot.

I have said this over and over and over but.....the worst thing that can happen is decent play and success
because that means waiting even longer for a true great QB.

I truly want Cassel to succeed so we don't have to start over at QB. The best thing that could happen, but I still haven't seen enough to think that can happen. Not yet.
You are contradicting yourself.

And this has to be the lamest excuse for a weekly award I've seen.:facepalm:
wow ... a Chiefs fan pissed because a Chiefs player got an award.

Psyko Tek

09-28-2010, 08:09 PM

Cassel didn't have a good game?

He didn't fuck up :clap: :)

alpha_omega

09-28-2010, 08:15 PM

I am not a Cassel fan but I do hope he continues to improve which only means good news for the team.

This.

Pawnmower

09-28-2010, 08:22 PM

William Williamson = faggot faggotson

Dartgod

09-28-2010, 09:07 PM

I think he just worded his post poorly.

He's suggesting that should Cassel play just well enough to make the brass believe he still can be good enough to win, that's a piss poor situation.

He's hoping that Cassel plays well beyond what we believe he is capable of consistently so that decision doesn't continue to set is back for years.
I can see that. To be honest, my post was more directed towards kysirsoze than it was Marcellus.

dirk digler

09-28-2010, 09:11 PM

If the Chiefs went undefeated but had a weakness at left guard would you want to draft a new left guard? Isn't the idea to continually improve the team regardless of how good they are?

If the Chiefs would go undefeated and Cassel was the QB I would let him take a piss in my coffee and take a dump in my cereal and I would eat that shit up.

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 09:15 PM

I can see that. To be honest, my post was more directed towards kysirsoze than it was Marcellus.

Regardless of our success this year, you don't want us to try to keep building and improve? If we won it all because Cassel pulled his head out and played like a starting QB then of course stick with him. But if we win in spite of him, which is almost certainly going to be the case if we win anything, you wouldn't want to improve the most important single position on the team? Please explain that line of reasoning to me.

Demonpenz

09-28-2010, 09:16 PM

Reminds me whenever Mendy Lopez would get a basehit, you knew we were running his broke dick out there for 50 more at bats

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 09:17 PM

wow ... a Chiefs fan pissed because a Chiefs player got an award.

Not pissed. I just thought it was funny that Bill Williamson chose Matt Cassel when he almost certainly did not watch this game.

Dartgod

09-28-2010, 09:17 PM

Regardless of our success this year, you don't want us to try to keep building and improve? If we won it all because Cassel pulled his head out and played like a starting QB then of course stick with him. But if we win in spite of him, which is almost certainly going to be the case if we win anything, you wouldn't want to improve the most important single position on the team? Please explain that line of reasoning to me.
As soon as you explain how we are going to go undefeated all the way through the Super Bowl without good QB play.

Demonpenz

09-28-2010, 09:18 PM

I remember the worst thing that happened to Charles Barkley is he would make a 3 pointer and stop taking it to the rack

Rausch

09-28-2010, 09:22 PM

As soon as you explain how we are going to go undefeated all the way through the Super Bowl without good QB play.

As soon as you explain how we are going to go undefeated all the way through the Super Bowl without good QB play.

WE WON'T. THAT'S MY POINT.

What I said was purely (and obviously) hypothetical. If we did that it would have to be winning the way we have so far, which is in spite of bad to mediocre QB play. I was only saying that if we got that lucky it wouldn't happen again. For that reason I would still want a legitimate franchise QB.

I chose hyperbole (us going 19-0) to illustrate that we need a new QB no matter what since Cassel has shown consistenly he isn't the guy. If he miraculously became a good QB and that's why we win, then of course I would want to stick with him.

Sorry if that's "Possibly the most idiotic thing posted on the Planet....ever"

Rausch

09-28-2010, 09:27 PM

I chose hyperbole (us going 19-0) to illustrate that we need a new QB no matter what since Cassel has shown consistenly he isn't the guy. If he miraculously became a good QB and that's why we win, then of course I would want to stick with him.

Sorry if that's "Possibly the most idiotic thing posted on the Planet....ever"

Not even close.

And if we won a SB with Casshole I'd blow him myself and take up a collection to erect a bronze statue in front of Arrowhead...

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 09:28 PM

Not even close.

And if we won a SB with Casshole I'd blow him myself and take up a collection to erect a bronze statue in front of Arrowhead...

If we win one with him he's Trent Dilfer at best. And we won't win two.

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 09:50 PM

Regardless of our success this year, you don't want us to try to keep building and improve? If we won it all because Cassel pulled his head out and played like a starting QB then of course stick with him. But if we win in spite of him, which is almost certainly going to be the case if we win anything, you wouldn't want to improve the most important single position on the team? Please explain that line of reasoning to me.

As soon as you explain how we are going to go undefeated all the way through the Super Bowl without good QB play.

Hey! I did this! Now explain to me why you would keep a mediocre QB on principle when we could get a much better one?

Duck Dog

09-28-2010, 09:57 PM

Yes he had a good game. But you really think he deserves an award over many other Chiefs? Even one as ridiculously unnecessary as this one?

If you don't care about the award in general, then why care if Cassel receives it?

Fortunately we have a game manager in place, though, so we'll work on putting together this type of D.

cdcox

09-28-2010, 10:03 PM

Fortunately we have a game manager in place, though, so we'll work on putting together this type of D.

LMAO

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 10:04 PM

If you don't care about the award in general, then why care if Cassel receives it?

As I've said in the thread already. I just thought it was a funny pick of all the excellent performances the Chiefs had to select a fairly undewhelming one.

Is Matt Cassel's entire extended family on this freaking board?? All I say is Cassel's play doesn't deserve division-wide recognition by a major media outlet and the butthurt goes through the roof. My anti-Cassel statements have been pretty tame compared to many on this board.

He's not good. The Chiefs are. I'm happy with that. I'd still like us to be better. If it helps I think Matt seems like a really nice guy. :thumb:

BossChief

09-28-2010, 10:08 PM

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0927/nfl_u_mattcts_300.jpg

See, the guy is trying to put the team on his back!

Duck Dog

09-28-2010, 10:09 PM

As I've said in the thread already. I just thought it was a funny pick of all the excellent performances the Chiefs had to select a fairly undewhelming one.

Is Matt Cassel's entire extended family on this freaking board?? All I say is Cassel's play doesn't deserve division-wide recognition by a major media outlet and the butthurt goes through the roof. My anti-Cassel statements have been pretty tame compared to many on this board.

He's not good. The Chiefs are. I'm happy with that. I'd still like us to be better. If it helps I think Matt seems like a really nice guy. :thumb:

I never said I didn't agree with you, I just think it's a bit lame to attack the guy for this.

And this has to be the lamest excuse for a weekly award I've seen.:facepalm:

LMAO

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 10:11 PM

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0927/nfl_u_mattcts_300.jpg

See, the guy is trying to put the team on his back!

"Most Energetic Celebrator" I would have had no issue with. :)

kysirsoze

09-28-2010, 10:12 PM

I never said I didn't agree with you, I just think it's a bit lame to attack the guy for this.

What's wrong with attacking Bill Williamson? It was his journalistic laziness/cheesiness I was attacking.

Duck Dog

09-28-2010, 10:13 PM

What's wrong with attacking Bill Williamson? It was his journalistic laziness/cheesiness I was attacking.

I'm cool with that.

InChiefsHell

09-28-2010, 10:20 PM

If Matt does well, I can still see us drafting a QB to develop over the last couple years of his contract. For now, I don't give a shit. I'm just enjoying the fact that we don't totally suck. Matt had a good game, shows potential. Is he Payton Manning? Nope. He's kinda lame, but he's OUR lame, so...

Hog Farmer

09-29-2010, 02:48 AM

Orton 97.4 passer rating 4 TD 2 INT 1078 yards

Rivers 95.3 Passer rating 7 TD 4 INT 1087 rards

Cassel 75.4 Passer Rating 4 TD 3 INT 494 yards :shake:

Pioli Zombie

09-29-2010, 04:43 AM

I don't want the Chiefs to win too many games or go to the playoffs or win the Super Bowl because then we won't get a qb in the draft - CP.

Rausch

09-29-2010, 04:58 AM

I don't want the Chiefs to win too many games or go to the playoffs or win the Super Bowl because then we won't get a qb in the draft - CP.

Well if you listen to Milkman and posters like him Chiefs fans have to be Ah-scared of winning "too much" because then if Cassel does well the Chiefs won't draft a qb. Duh.
Btw, wheres Mecca now that the Chiefs are winning? Its a guarantee that ass hole will be right here if the Chiefs lose at Indy.

Rausch

09-29-2010, 05:32 AM

Well if you listen to Milkman and posters like him Chiefs fans have to be Ah-scared of winning "too much" because then if Cassel does well the Chiefs won't draft a qb. Duh.

I don't think we'll draft a 1st round QB if Casshole is the worst QB in the league...

unlurking

09-29-2010, 05:37 AM

Well if you listen to Milkman and posters like him Chiefs fans have to be Ah-scared of winning "too much" because then if Cassel does well the Chiefs won't draft a qb. Duh.
Btw, wheres Mecca now that the Chiefs are winning? Its a guarantee that ass hole will be right here if the Chiefs lose at Indy.
That is not at all what Milkman is saying. He's actually been very vocal about wanting him to play well, even though Cassel's best is no better than mediocre by NFL standards. Of the most ardent Cassel bashers, Milk is the last one I would accuse of rooting against Cassel or the team.

Marcellus

09-29-2010, 06:12 AM

Sorry, I must have missed that part in the handbook for quoting moronic statements.

I'll give it another shot.

You are contradicting yourself.

Like I said, un-****ing-believable.

No you are just missing the point. I am talking in regards to the QB position alone. The worst thing that could happen would be that the team wins but in spite of Cassel rather than because of him.

beach tribe

09-29-2010, 06:15 AM

So it was prophesied, so it begins.

If we win 9 games the groundswell of support for Cassel as the QBOTF will be like the Indonesian tsunami.

Oh God, I think our success is going to prove you right on this.:facepalm:

Sweet Daddy Hate

09-29-2010, 06:39 AM

Oh God, I think our success is going to prove you right on this.:facepalm:

He ain't getting QBOTF status on 9 fucking wins.

bevischief

09-29-2010, 06:41 AM

Hes the whaaat? Hepatitis A player of the week?

ROFL

Sweet Daddy Hate

09-29-2010, 06:43 AM

ROFL

I know. ROFL I saw that and thought they had invented a new strain in his honor...

KC Tattoo

09-29-2010, 07:21 AM

Bono's award for biggest turd > Matt Cassel's HEPOTW

Reerun_KC

09-29-2010, 07:50 AM

Orton 97.4 passer rating 4 TD 2 INT 1078 yards

Rivers 95.3 Passer rating 7 TD 4 INT 1087 rards

Cassel 75.4 Passer Rating 4 TD 3 INT 494 yards :shake:

Orton and Rivers 1-2 Cassel 3-0....

JC and TJ are eating up alot of those yards...

Should we start a Matty Light needs more yards thread?

brorth

09-29-2010, 08:02 AM

Orton and Rivers 1-2 Cassel 3-0....

JC and TJ are eating up alot of those yards...

Should we start a Matty Light needs more yards thread?

OK but look at the rest of the numbers, too. 20+ difference in rating, he's got the same TDs as one, but that guy has thrown for almost 600 more yards with one less interception. The other guy has thrown one more interception, but that's also with almost 600 more yards and he's got three more TD passes.

cdcox

09-29-2010, 08:07 AM

Efficient running game coupled with short passing game invites teams to stack the box, jump short routes, and pound on receivers as soon as they catch the ball. How did that work out with LJ and a leashed Trent Green in the playoffs against the Colts? Someday soon a team is going to make Cassel win the game. We'll see then. I hope he is up to the task, but I haven't seen any evidence to suggest he is.

Rausch

09-29-2010, 08:09 AM

Efficient running game coupled with short passing game invites teams to stack the box, jump short routes, and pound on receivers as soon as they catch the ball. How did that work out with LJ and a leashed Trent Green in the playoffs against the Colts? Someday soon a team is going to make Cassel win the game. We'll see then. I hope he is up to the task, but I haven't seen any evidence to suggest he is.

Apples and oranges.

This offense is so diverse from week to week it's insane...

Pasta Giant Meatball

09-29-2010, 08:14 AM

Apples and oranges.

This offense is so diverse from week to week it's insane...

Yep, Charlie kept the Niners on thier toes all day long. They had no clue what was coming.

Pasta Giant Meatball

09-29-2010, 08:15 AM

Efficient running game coupled with short passing game invites teams to stack the box, jump short routes, and pound on receivers as soon as they catch the ball. How did that work out with LJ and a leashed Trent Green in the playoffs against the Colts? Someday soon a team is going to make Cassel win the game. We'll see then. I hope he is up to the task, but I haven't seen any evidence to suggest he is.

Did you even watch the Niner game yet or still pissing in people's coffee?

cdcox

09-29-2010, 08:21 AM

Apples and oranges.

This offense is so diverse from week to week it's insane...

The point guard still has to get the ball in their hands.

cdcox

09-29-2010, 08:23 AM

Did you even watch the Niner game yet or still pissing in people's coffee?

I wouldn't make a large change in my opinion about a team based on a single game anyway. I saw the Cleveland and SD games and the offense wasn't exactly humming in either game.

We definitely have some pieces on offense. There are reasons to be optimistic. Cassel isn't one of them.

Pasta Giant Meatball

09-29-2010, 08:27 AM

I wouldn't make a large change in my opinion about a team based on a single game anyway. I saw the Cleveland and SD games and the offense wasn't exactly humming in either game.

Even though the Niners gave up points the first 2 weeks, it was still hard to move the ball on them. They hadn't had a team move the ball on them like that since 2006. Teams don't run the ball very well against them. It gives me confidence in the offense going forward.

Rausch

09-29-2010, 08:30 AM

The point guard still has to get the ball in their hands.

...

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-12947/Gfx/AoD/armydk19.jpg

kysirsoze

09-29-2010, 10:18 AM

Well if you listen to Milkman and posters like him Chiefs fans have to be Ah-scared of winning "too much" because then if Cassel does well the Chiefs won't draft a qb. Duh.
Btw, wheres Mecca now that the Chiefs are winning? Its a guarantee that ass hole will be right here if the Chiefs lose at Indy.

I root harder for Matt Cassel than any player on the team. The problem is when anybody else on our team gets the ball I'm excited to see what they do with it. When Matt gets it I go into "don't fuck up" mode. Based on his performances, and the obvious lack of confidence the coaching staff has shown in him, I can't imagine his teammates are much different. It would be nice to look forward to seeing our QB drop back rather than slightly dreading it.

Rausch

09-29-2010, 10:23 AM

I root harder for Matt Cassel than any player on the team. The problem is when anybody else on our team gets the ball I'm excited to see what they do with it. When Matt gets it I go into "don't **** up" mode.

Just because I don't think he's good doesn't mean I don't want him to succeed. He's playing for the Chiefs, of course I want him to play well. I'm only a little worried about him being perceived as a reason we're winning when up till now he has not been. Why is this difficult to understand?

Christofire

09-29-2010, 10:38 AM

From: ESPN Editor
To: Bill Williamson

Hey, Bill. Just reviewed your HEPOTW article. Great job, man. We made a few tweaks. Look 'em over, and go ahead and publish the story to the site.
Thanks for your hard work.

"AFC West High Energy Player of the Week
By Bill Williamson

Matt Cassel, Kansas City Chiefs
He bounces around like a kid after every touchdown."

(Well, that's what SHOULD have happened, anyway.)

Dartgod

09-29-2010, 11:13 AM

LMAO

Just because I don't think he's good doesn't mean I don't want him to succeed. He's playing for the Chiefs, of course I want him to play well. I'm only a little worried about him being perceived as a reason we're winning when up till now he has not been. Why is this difficult to understand?
I challenge you to find one person who believes we won that game because of Cassel's play.

That said, I see nothing wrong with getting some recognition for having his best game of the season.

1ChiefsDan

09-29-2010, 11:14 AM

Orton 1-2

Rivers 95.3 1-2

Cassel 75.4 3-0FYP

kysirsoze

09-29-2010, 11:19 AM

I challenge you to find one person who believes we won that game because of Cassel's play.

That said, I see nothing wrong with getting some recognition for having his best game of the season.